Open AccessIdentification and management of adverse effects of antipsychotics in a tertiary care teaching hospital
Author(s) -
Jisha M Lucca,
Madhan Ramesh,
G Parthasarathi,
Dushad Ram
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of research in pharmacy practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2319-9644
pISSN - 2279-042X
DOI - 10.4103/2279-042x.137063
Subject(s) - medicine , risperidone , olanzapine , antipsychotic , adverse effect , tertiary care , incidence (geometry) , psychological intervention , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , drug reaction , psychiatry , pediatrics , emergency medicine , drug , physics , optics
Antipsychotics have revolutionized psychiatry by allowing significant numbers of patients in long-term hospital settings to be discharged and successfully maintained in the community. However, these medications are also associated with a range of adverse events ranging from mostly annoying to rarely dangerous. This study is carried out to identify the adverse drug reactions (ADRs) to antipsychotics and its management in psychiatric patients.